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GKN Aerospace is reimagining air travel: going further, faster and greener! Fuelled by great people whose expertise and creativity sets the standards in our industry, we’re inspired by the opportunities to innovate and break boundaries. We’re proud to play a part in protecting the world’s democracies. And we’re committed to putting sustainability at the centre of everything we do, opening up and protecting our planet. With over 16,000 employees across 32 manufacturing sites in 12 countries we serve over 90% of the world’s aircraft and engine manufacturers and achieved sales of £3.6bn in 2025. There are no limits to where you can take your career.
Job Summary
The Full Stack Developer’s role is to own, maintain, and evolve the company’s internal Data Collection System (DCS).
Our DCS is a critical platform that enables the structured capture of business data across global sites & stakeholders. The role ensures the system remains reliable, secure, and fit for purpose, while continuously improving data quality and user experience.
The role is responsible for driving the modernisation of the platform, transitioning it toward a scalable, maintainable, and future-ready architecture aligned with the company’s technology direction.
This is a remote contract job opportunity, with an expectation of some travel 3 or 4 times per year, travelling across our European location.
What You'll Be Doing
Core Application Ownership & Continuous Improvement
- Own, maintain, and continuously improve the internal DCS.
- Identify and implement enhancements based on stakeholder feedback.
- Ensure compliance with internal security and data governance standards.
- Design and maintain a secure, scalable access model (roles, permissions, identity integration).
Stakeholder Collaboration & Solution Design
- Partner with stakeholders across the organisation to understand data collection needs
- Identify opportunities to standardise and streamline data capture across use cases
Modernisation & Technical Evolution
- Define and execute a roadmap to modernise the platform
- Establish and maintain coding standards, documentation, and development best practices
Data Integration & BI Enablement
- Ensure structured data is accessible and optimised for downstream BI and analytics platforms
- Collaborate with BI/data teams to align on data structures and requirements
What You'll Bring
Essential
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent in IT, Computer Science, Data Engineering or similar fields.
- Experience with Application Ownership and Maintenance.
- Strong experience in full-stack application development using modern technologies.
- Solid experience with relational databases (SQL Server).
- Experience with Stakeholder Management, Business Process understanding and translating process needs to technical roadmaps.
- Strong product mindset, ensuring a keen focus on solving business needs through a well-engineered product.
- Understanding of software development lifecycle and version control.
- Understanding of data security, data quality and governance principles.
Desirable
- Experience contributing to application modernisation initiatives.
- Self-starter with a high degree of ownership and accountability.
- Strong communication skills, able to work across technical and non-technical audiences.
- Collaborative mindset with the ability to influence without authority.
What We'll Offer
Once you’re on board you’ll get the following perks and benefits:
• Competitive salary dependent on experience.
• Annual bonus of up to 15%
• Industry Leading Pension Scheme = we'll pay 1.5x your contribution (max 12%)
• Life Assurance 8 x salary.
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays.
• Flexible working hours.
• Income protection.
• Shopping discounts.
• Cycle To Work Scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Virtual GP Clinic for you and immediate family.
• A collaborative, dynamic working environment.
As well as a competitive package we’ll offer you a world of opportunity. We want to see your career fly! We’ll support your career progression by providing you with learning and development opportunities. That’s the beauty of being part of a global business, once you’re on board you never know where you career journey may take you!
We’ll offer you fantastic challenges and amazing opportunities. This is your chance to be part of an organisation that has proven itself to be at the cutting edge of our industry; and is committed to pushing the boundaries even further. And with some of the best training on offer in the industry, who knows how far you can go?
A Great Place to work needs a Great Way of Working
Everyone is welcome to apply to GKN. We believe that we can only achieve our ambitions through a coming together of diverse minds who enjoy collaborating in an inspirational environment. Through our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging and by living our five powerful principles we’ve created a culture where everyone feels welcome to contribute. It’s a culture that won us ‘The Best Workplace Culture Award’. By embracing and celebrating what makes us unique we encourage everyone to bring their full self to work.
We’re also committed to providing an accessible recruitment process, so if you require reasonable adjustments at any stage during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know.
We are the place where human dreams, plus human endeavour, shape the future of aerospace innovation and technology.
